I had the same problem. I'm not sure which affected production more (the beetles or the weather) but I only have one eggplant growing on my one plant. As long as I get one, though, I'll be happy. Lightly spread finely ground coffee grounds on the leaves and around the plant. That kept them away from my plant for several weeks.

Hi all, let me try to clear up a few things. I'm not really looking at the carnivorous plants as an control measure, just want to have fun and try some interesting plants. The cutworms I have are leaf eaters not root eaters but there are different types of cutworms and some may well eat roots. They are the larva of certain moths and grow very fast. I have caught some at the first sign of leaf damage that where less then 1/4 inch long, put them in a jar to study them and fed them leafs from my tomato plants (I cut the leafs with leaf miner damage - not good leafs) and in a few days I had this! Nasty things! Another thing they seem to really enjoy is finding young seedlings and cutting the plant at the soil line. This kills the plant and to really piss one off they don't eat the top of the plant. They cut it just for spite I guess. The one at the top right is about as big as they get, too big for the fly trap? I will research the sarracenia. I would love to try and get away from using pesticides to control the darn things but so far the only thing I have found that works is Sevin. I try to use as little Sevin as possible so I will find the cutworms from time to time when looking over my plants. I have been smashing them with my fingers - yuck. It sure would be fun to drop them into a carnivorous plant instead. Just for spite ;-) Take care, DC

Leafminers. If it's only a few leaves and the plant is large enough you can just pick off the affected leaves and dispose of them. If it's a lot of leaves or a small plant you might try squishing them with your fingers (while wearing gloves if you want). Rodney

Jay, Raspberry Jam is a very apropos name! I will call mine that too. I just wanted the regular one with the rusty red flowers that droop, but I quite like this one too. I'm going to be looking for a white one. The one I had in North Port grew like mad and the pollinators and hummers loved it. They usually sell those at the big box stores in warmer weather. What does Tutti Frutti look like? Is that the pink one, or is it more like the "Fruit Cocktail?" I'll find them all eventually. I'm trying to find more for my summer garden to feed the hummers. Since the lizards eat all my caterpillars, trying to breed butterflies is pointless. I'm in Gainesville, so Jacksonville is a bit far to come for shrimp plant cuttings. LOL Yes, I know they are easy to root. I got mine from cuttings I "rescued" from some trailside garden plants. I love "rescuing" plants, although I usually have to wait a long, long time for them to bloom.